But the organization says that they can’t fund the project alone and are looking to the community to help raise the funds through a GoFundMe campaign.

“Being able to provide an emergency space for the women we have showing up at our office will make a huge difference in the way we deliver service to the women and the safety planning we do with them,” Morgan said.

Domestic violence, Morgan notes, is on the rise not only in Prince Edward County but in Canada in general.

“Stats Canada used to say once every six days a woman was killed in Canada due to domestic violence,” she said. “About a year ago they changed that stat to once every four days.”